TELEFLEX INC — Director's Dealing 2003

Oct 27, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: TELEFLEX INC (TFX)
CIK: 0000096943
Period of Report: 2003-10-24

Reporting Person: CHANCE STEVEN KENT (Vice Pres., General)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-10-24	Common Stock	F	185.	$44.00	Disposed	9115.	Direct
2003-10-24	Common Stock	P	165.7532	$0.00	Acquired	265.5571	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3472.	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Total number of shares of Common Stock held by Reporting
Person indirectly by VIP Trustee is based on a plan
statement dated October 24, 2003.